Radial artery access as a predictor of increased radiation exposure during a diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-352

  Mercuri, Mathew ^a,b,d   Mehta, Shamir ^a,b,c   Xie, Changchun ^b,c   Valettas, Nicholas ^a,b   Velianou, James L ^a,b   Natarajan, Madhu K ^a,b,c  

^a Heart Investigation Unit   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

air kerma; cardiac catheterization; multilevel model; radial access; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATOR; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953017647     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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